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9 available 9 • View allFake university degrees
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Q: Over 2 years ago I was awarded degrees from a university in the USA based on my experience. As the process continued I suspected they were fake so I tried to stop the process.
In the last 2 weeks I am receiving calls from people claiming to be from Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education in Abu Dhabi saying I am in trouble and the call always ends up with the university demanding money to complete the attestation process. I do not want these degrees and have never used them.
If I report this to the UAE Authorities, will I get myself in trouble? I am worried.

Feb 23, 2017
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Issue with an online degree
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Q: I recently did an online degree from a university in the USA. All the documents were verified and attested which took almost 2 years. Now only MoHE found out that the university is not on their list of accredited universities here in the UAE and now the document needs to be registered at a different university in the USA.
That will cost me a lot of money which I don't have. They said if I don't I will go to jail. I need some advice, please.

Apr 22, 2017
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What can you do if you know your brother forged your certificate to get a job?
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Q: My husband's twin brother used my husband's degree certificate to make a fake certificate to obtain a job in the UAE.
His brother is working in a company for the past 25 years or more. But now only we came to know about this truth.
What should my husband do in this case?
He used his certificate without his consent.
Will my husband be responsible for this if he does not report this to the authorities?
If so where should I report this?

Feb 9, 2023
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هل هناك تبعات على إجراء عقد عمل صوري مع شركة قائمة بدون استلام راتب؟




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س: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته،
السادة الأعزاء المحترمين،
في القانون الإماراتي وعلى الأراضي الإماراتية ما حكم العقد الصوري في هذه الحالة: مقيم عاطل عن العمل أعزب يبرم عقد صوري بمسمى وظيفي مزيف وراتب مرتفع جداً لكي يتمكن من كفالة أهله من الدرجة الأولى والثانية؟
هل يمكن غض الطرف عن هذه الفعلة؟
أم هل ستتم محاسبة هذا الشخص بسبب انتقاله المفاجئ من البطالة إلى الراتب المرتفع؟
وما النتائج المترتبة على اكتشاف العقد الصوري؟
هل سيتم إلغاء كفالة الأهل؟ هل سيتم تغريمهم؟ ترحيلهم؟
وماذا عن الشخص نفسه هل يمكن زجه في السجن؟ لا قدر الله
أرجو الحصول على إجابة واضحة وشافية وشكراً لكم جزيل الشكر.





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Mar 25, 2023
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الإبلاغ عن شخص يمارس مهنة بشهادة دكتوراة مزورة




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س: السلام عليكم،
شهادة دكتوراة في القانون من روسيا مزورة.
السؤال:
كيف يمكن الإبلاغ عن شخص يمارس مهنة المحاماة في أبوظبي ويدرس في كلية الحقوق بشهادة دكتوراة مزورة من روسيا؟
ما الجهة الرسمية المسؤولة في الدولة عن هذه الجرائم؟





May 22, 2023
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My husband's education certificate is rejected for being fake. What happens now?


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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
My husband and I went to MOFA to have his education certificate attested. However, they said that it is only possible to do so online. So we downloaded the application and submitted it online.
The next day, a courier came to collect the documents. After three days, my husband received only a photocopy of his certificate. We were surprised to find out that it had been rejected.
The paper said that the owner of the document must collect the original copy from MOFA Sharjah. We were terrified because we had just asked someone in the Philippines to have his documents attested.
Our question is, if we collect the documents from MOFA Sharjah, will the authorities take my husband? What are our chances here?
Obviously, if we knew the documents were fake, we would not have submitted them to be attested.



Aug 3, 2023
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هل يجب تصديق المستندات الصادرة من دولة أخرى قبل تقديمها للمحكمة؟
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س: السلام عليكم،
هل يجب تصديق الأوراق الرسمية الصادرة من خارج الدولة (أستراليا) قبل تقديمها باعتبارها مستندات ثبوتية في قضية قيد النظر لدى محكمة عجمان الشرعية؟
مستندات مثل عقد عمل وكشف حساب بنكي وفاتورة كهرباء.
وما الجهة التي يجب أن تصدق على هذه المستندات؟ هل هي سفارة الإمارات في أستراليا؟

Aug 4, 2023
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The UAE stamp on my degree is fake. What are the consequences?



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Q: Dear Sir/Madam,
I have an original degree. I want a visa. My company boss asked me about the degree; I said I have it and gave it to him. He sent it to Pakistan for MOFA testing.
However, when the boss submitted it here in Dubai, they claimed it had a fake stamp, and now they have blocked me. I have a criminal case now.
Can you please guide me on how long the court will take and whether they will arrest me or not?
The degree is original with Pakistani stamps, HSC, and all, only the UAE stamp is fake.




Jan 8, 2024
628
How to resolve a dispute over a UAE document attestation suspected to be fake?

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Q: Dear Lawyers,
So, my brother is joining a new company, and they asked him to get the documents attested. He got the documents attested by an agency in Pakistan, but when he submitted them to UAE MOFA, they said the UAE stamp was fake.
However, we called the UAE consulate in Pakistan, and they confirmed that the document did come to them, they have attested it, and have the details in their system.
The UAE MOFA told him he will have a hearing in three working days. Is it just a suspicion that's why they said it will go for lab testing, as the UAE consulate confirmed the stamp is from them via phone?
What should we do?


Aug 8, 2024
124
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2 available 2 • View allCommitting Forgery in Official Documents and its Consequences in the UAE 27
There are always conditions where people may fail to provide sufficient documents of a certain business or project they are willing to engage in, so they tend to commit an act of forgery with their documents to meet the requirements. But this act is a crime and it has consequences in law which we will try to cover in this article.
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An Overview of the New UAE Labor Law and Recent Amendments of 2024 233
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Laws & Regulations
2 available 2 • View allFederal Law No. (3) of 1987 Promulgating the Penal Code 29
This Law promulgates the Federal Penal Code (Criminal Law) of the United Arab Emirates. Crimes and chastisement punishments shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other penal codes.
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